Portland electronics

Portland area electronics groups

• PARTS: the Portland Area Robotics Society (usually first Saturday of each month at 10:30 am at CTRL-H).
• DorkbotPDX: people doing strange things with electricity in Portland. (dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list). (DorkbotPDX github). (Usually the second Monday of every month 6:30PM to 9:30-ish PM at CTRL-H)
• PDX Hackerspace (a.k.a. Ctrl-H or ^H) ("Because We Don’t Have to Hack Online Alone: PDX Hackerspace" by Tim Tran 2025). ("About PDX Hackerspace Wiki"). (Saturdays noon to 5PM, open to the public)
• "Welcome to CTRL-H" (also PDX Hackerspace) ("ctrlh github").
• Hedron Hackerspace
• Portland Hacker Foundation
• "Hardware Happy Hour Portland" (H3 Portland)

Portland local robot and electronics suppliers

• URS Electronics in NE Portland

• Rose City Robotics: "As an open-startup, we publish our revenue, expenses and contributions on our website ... We are not funded by venture capital or private equity. ... Therefore, we are able to be driven by metrics related to our impact on our students, our employees and the planet over profit."

• PJRC Electronic Projects in nearby Sherwood OR designs the popular Teensy USB Development Boards and runs the related Teensy Forum. (In 2025, SparkFun Electronics partnered with PJRC to manufacture Teensy boards manufactured by SparkFun in Colorado).

• SurplusGizmos in nearby Hillsboro OR

• Portland-area electronics components stores via PARTS

• Free Geek

• Oregon Recycles computers and electronics

• ... Surely there's others I've overlooked? (Perhaps sync with "Portland Resources for Dorks" ?)

Portland area people working with electronics, microcontrollers, etc.

• User:DavidCary moved to Portland in 2024 and is trying to (re-)connect with people doing electronics here. (Years before David met with the Tulsa electronics club, David used to hang out with the Portland PARTS group.).

• I hear that Rumbledethumps' Picomputer 6502 ("Raspberry Pi Magazine: Picocomputer 6502") (github: Picocomputer) was developed somewhere near Portland.
• I hear that Linus Torvalds now lives near Portland OR
• Many, many other people doing wierd and wonderful electronic things.
• ... who else should I mention here?

Portland area tech and repair groups

• "Calagator is a unified calendar for the technology community of Portland, Oregon."
• "Portland Makerspaces"

• Repair PDX: Spreading Repair Culture repairs electronics as well as many, many other things. (Open Circuits is a big fan of Ideas#Repairability

• Portland Tool libraries, Portland Tool Lending Libraries, "Portland’s Tool Libraries": one in each quadrant of Portland (NEPTL, EPTL, and N Portland) and two in SW Portland (SWPTL and Green Lents) and two in SE Portland (SEPTL and Rockwood)

[FIXME: make both the above list and "Hackerspaces in Portland, OR" include all active hackerspaces] [FIXME: make both the above list and "Coworking Spaces in Portland, US" include all active hacker-friendly coworking spaces]

other robot groups

See Tulsa electronics club#other robot groups.

Other electronics people

See Got A Blog, Wiki or Website?